herewego

Wasn't sure whether this was a culture picture, or a resource picture pertaining to fertilizer



California agriculture at it's finest and most profitable.


http://www.nbcnews.com/businessmain/...ene-6C10819906

OOfff

“June gloom” is when it’s kinda cloudy in the mornings for a while. That it’s such a big deal underscores how good the weather really is

OOfff

One of the best parts of living in California is watching people who don’t live here spend so much time thinking about California and sour-grapesing their way through square state happiness

Omniscient

Don’t forget about the benefits of being “woke”. That’s priceless

herewego

I will admit I love not having to dodge thunderstorms and minimal icing while flying in CA. And that the May Gray - June gloom clear up as the day progresses. So you may as well enjoy all the cities have to offer instead of trying to see the sun at the beach in the morning.



http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...ia/3551734002/

Excargodog

It isn’t 38,000 leaving. It’s 691,000 leaving to go to other states, and 501,000 moving in from other states. That’s a net loss of 190,000 to outmigration, but the problem is WHO is coming and going. The 691,000 leaving are significantly younger than the 501,000 coming in from other states and clearly, people coming from out of the country and California births keep California from having a net loss of population. But that doesn’t change the fact that the average age is increasing, the percentage of the budgets that are going into pensions for state retirees (many of whom have left for more affordable states) is increasing, the number and percentage of poor is the highest in the nation and as for California income tax rates, which hit even before you pay sales, property tax, and excise tax rates, here are the official figures. Also, they are nearly unique among states in that they tax any capital gains as regular income, meaning if you sell that condo you bought as a crash pad they are taking there 10-11% off the top of any profit you make.



https://www.ocregister.com/2019/10/3...ved-a-38-jump/

Rahlifer

I moved away from California over 20 years ago while pursuing my flying career and was actually dumbfounded by how aggressively the CFTB kept trying to squeeze me for taxes once I was no longer a resident. It went on for close to five years. I had to submit an endless supply of bank and credit card statements, lease agreements, phone records and pay stubs. I legitimately moved away and became an Arizona resident yet I had to keep “proving” it to the state of California. The tax board even claimed I was a resident because I had purchased gasoline in state several times along with food using my credit card. I took a road trip to visit family still living there so of course I bought food and gas while driving through.

appleadam

...the point EXACTLY!

appleadam

Note: "from other states", not from other countries. A skewed statistic indeed.

atooraya

People are living by the hundred of thousands, yet the coffers are still huge and people keep moving to California. And every airline has a base here and trying to massively grow. Clearly, they're doing everything wrong:

https://www.latimes.com/business/la-...221-story.html

I think the bigger argument we should be having is we need to set COL standards in our contracts, like the federal government does. A pilot living in Detroit making the same amount as someone based in San Francisco is clearly going to be living much better.